Folding chair



Oct. 20, 1925. 1,551,813

A. DERSE ET AL FOLDING CHAIR Filed Sept. 17, 1920 Patented Get. 20, 1925.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR F. DERSE, or UNION COURSE, AND WILLIAM B. winsnusnn, or MOUNT VER- NON, new YORK.

FOLDING CHAIR.

Application filed September, 1920. Serial No. 410,840;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR F. DERSE, a citizen of the United States, and a. resident of Union Course, in the county of Queens and State of New York, and WILLIAM B. WILSHUSEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mount Vernon, in the county of VVestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Folding Chair, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding chairs and has for its main object and feature a construction by means of which a chair of very substantial proportions may be quickly folded into a very small compass. The chair is more particularly designed for a campers chair to be used in connection with the combined case and table disclosed in application Ser- No. 345,314.

In the accompanying drawings the invention isdisclosed in a concrete and preferred form in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a chair embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a View in elevation of the chair when folded, looking in the direction of arrow 2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is also a view in elevation of the chair when folded, looking in the direction of arrow 3 of Fig. 2. n

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the plane of line 44 of Fig. 2.

The chair comprises two substantially rectangular open frames, preferably of sheet metal, each frame having side portions 3, 4, 5 and 6 offset at their upper ends 7, 8, 9 and 10 and each frame having transverse connecting portions 11, 12, 13 and 14 at the upper and lower ends of the side portions. A pivotal connection 15 is formed between the side portions at a pointintermediate their ends and a seat 16 hinged centrally is pivotally connected to end portions 11 and 12. The side portions of one frame are recessed as at 17 and foldable links 18 and 19 connect the side portions of the two frames. l/Vhen open, the chair forms an astonishingly substantial support, and when folded it occupies an exceedingly small space. will be seen from the drawings, the two frames nest one within the'other except for the offset top ends of the side portions. In like manner seat 16 occupies, when folded, a position within the confines of the frames (Fig. 4) and links 18 and 19 occupy the space between adjacent side portions aiforded by recesses 17 (Fig. 2). In the form here disclosed seat 16 consists of two thin sheet metal plates bent around transverse supports'll and 12, and the central hinge is .111

the form of a wire 20' doubled back upon itself and around which the sheet metal plates are bent. The sheet metal plates are held in position by'riveting or otherwise. Links 18 and 19 really form toggles and, if desired, stops, as 21, may be provided to prevent them from passing over the center.

We claim: e

A folding chair comprising: two substantially rectangular open frames each frame having side. portions offset at their upper; ends and eachframe having transverse connecting end portions at the upper and lower ends of theside portions, said frames nesting'one within. the other except the offset ends of the side'portions and the I upper transverse connecting *portions, a pivotal connection between sa'1d' s1deportions at a point intermediate their ends, and

a centrally hinged seat p-ivotally connected to the upper end portions and foldable within the compass of the frames.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the. county of Kingsand State of New York, this 13th dayof September, 1920.

ARTHUR F. DERSE. WILLIAM B. WILSHUSEN, 

